If One Prays In A Congregation, Then Catches Another Congregation, Should He Repeat
Darussalam · Volume 1
2. THE BOOK OFAṢ-ṢALĀT (THE PRAYER)Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 579 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 158
Source no. 579 · Volume 1 · Page 2
Hasan sahih
حسن صحيح
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Hasan sahih chain
(قلت: إسناده حسن صحيح، وصححه ابن السكن. وأخرجه ابن خزيمة وابن حبان (٢٣٨٩) في "صحيحيهما". وقال النووي: "إسناده حسن")
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579. Sulaimān, the freed-slave of Maimūnah, said: "I visited Ibn 'Umar at Al-Balāṭ[1] while they were praying, so I asked him: 'Aren't you going to pray with them?' He said: 'I have already prayed. I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: "Do not pray a prayer twice in the same day." (Sahih)
579 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ يَعْنِي مَوْلَى مَيْمُونَةَ، قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ عَلَى الْبَلَاطِ وَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ، فَقُلْتُ: أَلَا تُصَلِّي مَعَهُمْ، قَالَ: قَدْ صَلَّيْتُ، إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَقُولُ: «لَا تُصَلُّوا صَلَاةً فِي يَوْمٍ مَرَّتَيْنِ»
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This means that one should not repeat the same obligatory prayer without any genuine reason, and among the reasons is that which preceded in the previous chapter. It may be that Ibn 'Umar was not aware of that until later, since there are authentic narrations from him, recorded by Mālik, At-Tāhāwī, and others, that Ibn 'Umar himself allowed a person to pray the prayer again when coming upon a congregation in a Masjid.